Some College, No Credential Student Outcomes: Annual Progress Report -- Academic Year 2021/22. Fourth in the Series 'Some College, No Credential'
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| Title: | Some College, No Credential Student Outcomes: Annual Progress Report -- Academic Year 2021/22. Fourth in the Series 'Some College, No Credential' |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Causey, J., Gardner, A., Pevitz, A., Ryu, M., Shapiro, D., National Student Clearinghouse Research Center |
| Source: | National Student Clearinghouse. 2023. |
| Availability: | National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Available from: National Student Clearinghouse. 2300 Dulles Station Boulevard Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20171. e-mail: service@studentclearinghouse.org; Web site: http://www.studentclearinghouse.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Lumina Foundation |
| Document Type: | Reports - Evaluative |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education Two Year Colleges |
| Descriptors: | Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment, College Enrollment, Enrollment Rate, Declining Enrollment, Credentials, Stopouts, Academic Persistence, Undergraduate Students, College Attendance, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, Gender Differences, Age Differences, Race, Ethnicity, Trend Analysis, Academic Degrees, State Norms |
| Abstract: | Nearly all states in the United States (45) currently have a postsecondary attainment goal to improve the average education levels of their residents and develop a highly-educated workforce. During a time of accelerated COVID-19 related postsecondary enrollment declines, the question as to how states will meet these goals could be particularly pertinent. While the National Student Clearinghouse's latest enrollment report provides encouragement that these unusually large declines are stabilizing, it is still uncertain when and how higher education will be able to rebound. Re-engaging with the Some College, No Credential (SCNC) population--the former students who stopped out without earning a credential--has been a priority for the many states with these established attainment goals. To succeed in bringing them back into higher education, state and institutional leaders need accurate and timely information about the current SCNC population, their progress, and outcomes upon re-enrollment, which is the focus of this annual progress reporting of SCNC students. This year's report suggests that there is an increasingly missed opportunity for states and institutions to re-engage with SCNC students even as the SCNC population is growing. Between July 2020 and July 2021, the U.S. has added 1.4 million more SCNC students; the SCNC population is now 40.4 million, up 3.6 percent from 39.0 million a year earlier. However, during the latest academic year 2021/22, fewer SCNC students re-enrolled, completed a credential, or persevered to a second year of re-enrollment than they did the previous year. [For the third report in this series, see ED599535.] |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | ED627870 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Nearly all states in the United States (45) currently have a postsecondary attainment goal to improve the average education levels of their residents and develop a highly-educated workforce. During a time of accelerated COVID-19 related postsecondary enrollment declines, the question as to how states will meet these goals could be particularly pertinent. While the National Student Clearinghouse's latest enrollment report provides encouragement that these unusually large declines are stabilizing, it is still uncertain when and how higher education will be able to rebound. Re-engaging with the Some College, No Credential (SCNC) population--the former students who stopped out without earning a credential--has been a priority for the many states with these established attainment goals. To succeed in bringing them back into higher education, state and institutional leaders need accurate and timely information about the current SCNC population, their progress, and outcomes upon re-enrollment, which is the focus of this annual progress reporting of SCNC students. This year's report suggests that there is an increasingly missed opportunity for states and institutions to re-engage with SCNC students even as the SCNC population is growing. Between July 2020 and July 2021, the U.S. has added 1.4 million more SCNC students; the SCNC population is now 40.4 million, up 3.6 percent from 39.0 million a year earlier. However, during the latest academic year 2021/22, fewer SCNC students re-enrolled, completed a credential, or persevered to a second year of re-enrollment than they did the previous year. [For the third report in this series, see ED599535.] |
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